Federal
Fire protection engineering is an essential discipline in many Federal contracts. Qualified Fire Protection Engineers are required on all Federal contracts when fire protection systems are being reviewed or designed. RAN Fire Protection Engineering has FIVE Qualified Fire Protection Engineers on staff. Our project experience spans across 23 states. Our close proximity to Albany International Airport enables us to get anywhere in the country quickly and easily.
Our Qualified Fire Protection Engineers and extensive and diverse federal experience has allowed us to secure Federal projects across the country. We are a small business and frequently team with certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), among others. Our relationships with these businesses enables us to meet many Federal set-aside requirements.
Our Federal Clients Include:
General Services Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Veterans Administration
Social Security Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Court System
United States Army
United States Navy
And More!
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General Services Administration
Ogdensburg Federal Patrol Building
Ogdensburg, NY
Client: General Services Administration
This project included a complete overhaul of the building’s fire protection and life safety systems utilizing NFPA 914 Code for the Fire Protection of Historic Structures and NFPA 101, Life Safety Code. RAN Fire Protection Engineering served as the lead fire protection engineer for the project. Due to the limitations associated with the historic nature of the building, alternative design approaches were necessary to provide an
adequate level of life safety. A performance-based fire protection design was incorporated into the project. The
design was based on the anticipated fire severity predicted by fire modeling. A final cost-effective design that addressed the specific hazards in the buildings was accomplished.
J.W. McCormack Federal Office Building
Boston, MA
Client: edm services
RAN completed the design for renovations to the J.W
McCormack Building in Boston, MA. This project was turned around quickly to the Environmental Protection Agency in order to stay on the tight construction schedule. RAN delivered a detailed fire sprinkler design and provided oversight for life safety planning of the space.
Construction Cost: $500,000 Size: 12,000 sq-ft.
Additional Projects
JFK Federal Office Building
Moakly US Attorney's Office
Thomas P. O'Neil Federal Building
William R. Cotter Federal Building
Hopewell Junction Fire Flow
McMahon Program Development
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Department of Defense
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Fort Drum Army Base
Fort Drum, NY
RAN Fire Protection Engineering has completed many projects for the Fort Drum US Army Base. In one of our projects, RAN Fire Protection Engineering provided design/build services. Additionally, RAN performed a code evaluation of the building completed along with the basic design drawings of the fire alarm and mass notification system. RAN’s engineers designed a wireless fire alarm system that connected the buildings together through digital alarm communicator transmitters (DACT). The signals from the DACT system were then received by wireless radio transmitters. These transmitters would then wirelessly alert the fire department in case of an incident. Additionally, the transmitters could also send and receive signals to each other, creating a wireless radio mesh network. Designing fire alarm systems for Fort Drum has led to RAN securing more projects designing a variety of other fire protection systems including automatic fire sprinkler and clean agent systems.
Letterkenny Army Depot
Chambersburg, PA
Client: Triangle Fire Protection
RAN Fire Protection Engineering provided a variety of services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for building the Letterkenny Army Depot. The Letterkenny Army Depot includes office space, warehousing, and processing areas. RAN served as the FPDOR and FPQCR for this Design/Build project. Our duties included reviewing the existing drawings and submittals, hazard classification, and designing fire protection systems. Some of the hazardous areas in this building are flammable spray booths and blasting booths. To properly protect the building and its occupants, RAN designed an automatic sprinkler system and a fire pump. Since this is an Army facility, all of the designs were compliant with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC).
This project was roughly 45,000 sq-ft and had a total construction cost of roughly $15,000,000.
Additional Projects
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
General Services Administration IDIQ Contract
New England
Client: edm services
RAN Fire Protection Engineering is the lead fire protection engineering firm for the General Services Administration Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract covers property throughout Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut The contract is extended to any of the 102 federally owned buildings in the region,
including federal courthouses, office buildings and land ports of entry on the Canadian border over the course of five years. The objective of this IDIQ is to renovate, upgrade and modernize many contemporary and historic buildings throughout New England. These projects demonstrate the values of integrated design and environmental responsibility.
Veterans Affairs IDIQ Contract
Pennsylvania: Butler Veterans Affairs Health Center
Client: Tolman Engineering
RAN Fire Protection Engineering is the lead fire protection engineering firm for the IDIQ contract for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Butler VA Healthcare Center in Pennsylvania. The contract is primarily used to design new commercial/industrial type facilities and to design alterations, renovations, and rehabilitation for existing facilities. The IDIQ contract includes, but is not limited to architectural and full mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering services over the course of five years.
